Anne Krishnan, Staff Writer http://www.newsobserver.com Matt Person has a vision for health care. He imagines a family doctor referring patients for counseling or acupuncture simply by walking them next door. Cardiologists and nutritionists would cross paths daily. Physical therapists and personal trainers would help patients transition from rehabilitation to getting in shape. Person and business […]

By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com Denise Wheeler, an artist in Laguna Beach, Calif., thought she and her family had health insurance. So did Tony Seals, a self-employed businessman in nearby Riverside. Across the country in Connecticut, Maria Locker and Linda Gaskill each bought short-term insurance policies to protect themselves against catastrophic costs. But each […]

By RYAN J. FOLEY | Associated Press Writer http://www.winonadailynews.com MADISON, WI — Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday that he would ask lawmakers to approve a $30 million program to encourage health care providers to install electronic medical records systems. Doyle proposed a $20 million grant program to help nonprofit organizations transition from less reliable paper […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ The American College of Physicians on Monday proposed revisions to the U.S. health care system that would pay primary care physicians based on their coordination of care for patients, CQ HealthBeat reports. Under the proposal, to qualify for “patient-centered care” payments, physician practices would have to show an accrediting organization that they have systems […]

Daniel Klass, M.D., C.M. The New England Journal of Medicine http://content.nejm.org/ A fair amount of scrutiny has been given recently to the assessment of medical students’ competence before they enter practice. In this issue of the Journal, Epstein provides a timely summary of advances in this arena.1 In contrast, little attention has been paid to […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com Prostate cancer (CaP) screening guidelines are clear about when to initiate screening but only state that it should be discontinued when a man’s life expectancy decreases to less than 10 years. Using these criteria and the fact that a man in his mid-to upper 70s in the United States has a 10-year life expectancy, […]

By MIKE KELLER http://www.sunherald.com A recent Mississippi Supreme Court ruling could clear the way to make medical procedures public if patients are late to pay their doctor bills, a lawyer on the case said. “If you don’t pay your doctor’s bill, your medical privilege is waived,” said Frank Russell, a former Tupelo judge who represented […]

Anne Thrower http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com A top official with the American Medical Association will visit Pensacola today and discuss his desire for a fundamental shift in the way employees get health insurance. Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, chairman of the AMA board of trustees, is scheduled to speak at the Escambia County Medical Society’s annual inauguration ball. He […]

By: Katie Allison Granju, Producer http://www.wbir.com Recent changes to TennCare will take treatment decisions away from doctors and put them in the hands of insurance companies, critics say. Doctors now have to provide the “least costly” treatment that is “adequate” for their TennCare patients, under new rules that went into effect last month but will […]